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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1919

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

John Power applied for the transfer to himself of the license of the Royal Hotel, Waratah, then held by Percy Russell Rich. The report of the police inspector…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday was occupied by Messrs. C. H. Gale and Elias Bowden, L.Ms.,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. F. Butler and S. B. Gunn, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 7

The following renewals of hotel licenses were granted: William Charles Sevil, Cross Keys Hotel, Carrington; Alexander Frew, Carrington Hotel, Wallsend; Robert…

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Wet Canteen Praised Better Than Hotels Major Barry's View SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 5

Major A. C. Barry, hon. superintendent of the War Chest Club, in Horseferry-road, London, is loud in his praise of the wet canteen which…

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Illegally at Hotel Hunter-street West Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 2

"On December 6, at 6.40 p.m. I saw Henry and Bert Kelly sitting in a spring cart outside the Railway Hotel, in Hunter-street West. A man…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. S. B. Gunn and C. Hibble L.Ms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 7

The transfer of the license of the Grant Britain Hotel. Newcastle, was granted from Albert Victor Buckingham to David Henry Robertson. A renewal of a…

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After Hours Publican Fined £5

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 3

Harold Robinson, licensee of the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton, was to-day fined £5 for having permitted a person to be on his licensed…

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Stolen Brandy Incident in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

Leslle Cearns, 24 years of age, had been employed at the Terminus Hotel, Newcastle, for about a week, when a new barmaid, Annio Lee, was…

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Summons Division. In Hotel After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 7

John Shepland, of Newcastle, who did not appear, was convicted on the evidence of Constable Munday of being found on the Federal Hotel, Newcastle, at 6.14 p.m…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. F. Butler, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

A music permit was granted to F. R. Black, of the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle. A transfer of the license of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, was granted…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. S. B. Gunn, S.M., and C. Hibble, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 7

A transfer was granted of the license of the George Hotel, Newcastle, from Thomas Lancey to Joseph Morris. Mr. T. Torpey appeared for the transferor, and…

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In Hotel Bars Regulation of Crowds

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

By a proclamation issued on Thursday, it is ordered that no persons within the county of Cumberland shall be allowed to congregate in any hotel…

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Closing of Hotels. Mr. Fitzgerald Emphatic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

Mr. J. W. Doyle, M.P., this afternoon introduced to the Minister for Health a deputation representing the Liquor Trades Union, the Hotels, Club, and…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. F. Butler and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 7

The license of the Commercial Hotel, Lambton, was transferred from John Peel to Emma Ashman. Alexander Frew applied for booth licenses for the grandstand…

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"Not a Mug Barmaid" Sabbath Morning Incident Hotel Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 2

A charge of having sold liquor during prohibited hours was preferred against Harry Gibson, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, at the Newcastle…

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"It's a Lie" Licensing Prosecutions

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 4

Charles Steel, licensee of the Locomotive Hotel, Hunter-street West, was charted before Mr. Dunn, S.M., to-day, in the Newcastle Police Court, with…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. S. B. Gunn and C. Hibble, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 3

Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted to John D. Watkins, of the Speers' Point Hotel, Speers' Point, and Thomas B. Sharp, of the Premier Hotel,…

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Melbourne's Thirst Anxious about Hotels MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 4

In well-Informed political circles yesterday, it was persistently stated that there was every likelihood of hotels re-opening this week. The…

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Over the Fence Hotel Charge Fails

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 5

An alleged breach of the Licensing Act—selling liquor during prohibited hours—preferred by Sergeant Turnbull, against David Laing, the licensee…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. S. B. Gunn, S.M., and Mr. C. Hibble, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 7

Transfers were granted of the following publicans' licenses: H. Gibson to Mary Anne Pick, Exchange Hotel, Newcastle, G. Southen. to J. P. Goodall, Lass of…

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